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WE WERE PART OF THE NEW WESLEYAN We were not a strike class; we had no unifying Dead concert; we had all the seriousness of ac- ademic purpose that Bob Kirkpa- trick could ever have asked for. Its true that the classes of 74 and 75 were not exactly the Old Wesleyan either. But at least they knew some of the old people. Most of us didn't even have that. It didn't happen all at once. The ending of the war and the draft, but BA glut and the reces- sion all contributed to a sort of generational about-face. At Wes- leyan, Hoyls Revenge punc- tuated the end of the 1960's ad- mission policy: unconven- tionality qua unconventionality wouldn't get you in anymore. It might not keep you out, but the tuning was definitely pro-squid. But despite all these changes at Wesleyan and across the na- tion, we were not a reactionary Class. Older students may have looked askance at our compara- tive straghtness, but we did not represent a return to the Beach Boys era. Thank God. However much we may have trended away from the counter- culture, we were e and are e a progressive group of people. The main difference, is that with our class, the liberal values of the sixties had become, in a way, in- stitutionalized. It wasnt that antiwar activities stopped a they just became common-place. Liberal and radi- cal politices became less con- troversial than the Ministry. Ac- tivism was expected. Volunteers from our class and others helped put George McGovern over the top in Middletown freshman year. Members of our class were active in the nationwide student impeachment drive. The forma- tion of such organizations as the Wesleyan Indochina Information Committee, the Committee for Environmental Awareness, the Food Project, Hermes, and the other components of the Pro- gressive Student Coalition in- dicated that political con- sciousness had become endemic here. This kind of ferment was not as evident on other cam- puses in New England, or else- i, where. In Afroamerica Went out the door this morninl To catch the world In a fast break For the daily score Of nine to five Dribble, dribble, shoot Shoot, dribble, dribble Tried my reflection In three mirrors First a bug, then a hog Finally a benz Reflected on me In a benz reflection As an old yellow dog Lifted his leg to piss on the post Of a billboard reality Passing up all those trees Like a lot of folks looking for the truth Passed this brother had a problem with his wrist Coundnlt get it up Couldnlt take the weight Went on down the street. Saw a line of folks Waitinl two hours, Payin' ten dollars To get their head together Our record is a good one. We may not have made a highly visi- ble mark on Wesleyan. We may have been part of the New Wesleyan. Be we did not abandon the liberal tradition that made Wesleyan the kind of school that attracted us in the first place. Christopher Mahoney A natural process We don't fry We shake and bake t'See you Wednesday, ClaudeH It was only Monday Whore on the corner Selling liberation in her thang Gives you a red, black, and green Profolat, profoundlac, profoolac, rubber To do the deed Dribble, dribble, shoot Folks scoring anyway they can Electric scoreboard flashes Nine to five, nine to five You lose They counted every time You stepped on that white line Remember who's the referee, here Don't let that black and white shirt fool ya Made it back home Turned on the T.V. To Walter and the gang Said the score today was nine to five More black folks was buying Benzs To help boost the German economy e John Jackson
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